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Show COURT PilOCi-KDISCS. Third DiitriJf r'.in, M.Kc-an, C. J., pre-i-im. Tuesday, April J. Jene Vj. Anicr-n, M. D.; the court rt'i"i:r'td that cvuaiel would be I bti'-f i.-i. l jif-iLIj, without iLjoiing j their nj;.-, tor the reason tiiat he, the IjuJe, ws u"-:l aLd de;ircd to get j ihro"Ji;h wirli thir ca-e; the co'JCid fr ! the plaint J th'j.i rii that they had ! othr i!t;r.--t.a Lit urji.r the drcum-i drcum-i faLc:.-', ti.L- iT.ji;!d cci mtroduec any i mor-- if;-'.ia.ocy, L't would reft. De- fendi jt's ciuiifet wLiTtd presenting 1 the ci-e to 'he jury, and called Dr. W. I F. A'Jcr-cu, the defendant, to the stand. W itne?3 aid; Is a surgeon and , phy-iciiu; graduated at tho unvcrsity of Maryland, in i44; practiced in Ala-. Ala-. Lama, 'iritjia, Caiiiorma and L tab; hi practiced tixtecD years in Utah; i hn surgical practic? hero has been vory ! exter.-ive; wn cahed to visit the plaintiff plain-tiff on the eT-rjiLg of the I'.'th of J uly, l'iT; he then irjkrmed the mesenzer, Mr. ii'juody, that he wouid rather he would gt-t aiutLcr surgeon, as he was uliwl-iI and a!-.o had a great deal of practice in the cit; Koundy taid that the family of plaintiff had great faith in him, acd de-ired that he would come; witness then consented, and at 1 2 a.m. of the next morning he started j to Wanahip, where he arrived at sun-I sun-I ric; fnucd the piaiztiff had recovered from the first bheck of the accident; alter hreaklat ho give the patient chloroform ad made' a thorough examination ol the wound; found the ankle joint had been broken on outside, one ol ihc foot bones broken, and pait uf it protruding through the skin; tie ligaments were torn asunder, and the bone was hanging by a tendon of the mu-cle; odo of tho muscles on tho outiide cf tho leg was broken; other membranes were also torn; the wouod n the foot was Letween two and three inches long. In such a case surgeons have different remedies if he sets the bone 1 o takes a great deal of risk; witness then told the family his opinion of the iojury, and that amputation ampu-tation was necessary; they seemed to agree with him, hut Koundy said he wou.d inform tho plaintiff's mother; he soon returned, saying, the mother had said for the doctor to do with him as if ho were his own son; she did not say "Do not amputate the limb unless you can attend to it;" there was no dissatisfaction in regard to tho amputation, ampu-tation, expressed id the hearing of the defendant; witne-s then re administered adminis-tered chloroform, and amputated the limb about three inches above the ankle, uing the flap operation; after finishing the operation, I gave inductions in-ductions to the family for the management man-agement of tho patient; the wound was very red and painful, and I told them to batho it in cold water; gave the patient a dose of morphine, , to allay the pain, and left a solution of j morphine with the family, with in- i htruciious to give it, should he requiro it; ordered light diet, and to keep tho I bowels orcn.and to send wc rl asoften as I possible as lo the condition of plaintiff; ! Witness heard from plaintiff several limes, through 1'". Ci. Richards, whoso mother wa.s the nurse of paii?nt. On the .ird of July, defendiint knew that the outside of the limb was getting darker, witness said to continue ihe cold water appliciti us. W hen I left tho patient L told the family to send fi r uio in five or six days; I went to Wanahip on the lio-.h; found the stump red and painful, with a black spot of mortification on the outside, "..ith tho discoloration extending up ths limb; thegiiK-ral condition of tho patient was good, pulse regular, and appetite good; did not consider that it would ba necessary to loatuputate; would liavc considered it malpractice to amputate am-putate while the appearanejs wtrc eo gond; directed the application of yeast aud charcoal poultices to the mortified parts, and oold water cloths to tho in-tiamcd in-tiamcd parts; tho patient asked for tho cold cloths; gavj no internal remedies reme-dies at this time, the condition of the plaintiff not requiring any; thero was soma swelling but not enough to strain tho stitches in tho flaps; told Mrr. Richards to continue tho same treatment treat-ment until I heard from them again; returned to Salt Lake next morning. Received news of tho patient every day until the JOth, when Mr. Koundy oamo in and told witness that patient was bleeding; had told Mrs. Richards Rich-ards when at Wanship, that if Ihc patient should bleed, to elovato the limb and apply very cold water; and witness had wnt some powders by umil to stop tho blood; did not go out then because I had aomo important cases in town; tcli Koundy to nppty the powders if tho bleeding continued; wituess had every reason for believing tho bleeding would ecas-o, as, from the je'ciipuou givcu by Uoundy, ho knew it wan a veinou-i heniorrhago and that it would stop of itself; Mr. Roundy returned to Salt Liive oity on tho 31st and this time tho defendant went with him, and found that tho aiorfidoation had extended to tho knee; then told tho family that a second amputation waj necessary, but that it wua a dangerous dan-gerous operation; tho patient at this time was in good ojaditiou. his mind clear and int lligoiit; tho wiinos loos timo to consider, because a roainputa-tion roainputa-tion is a rforious thing, as the patient is quite liabio to die; the next morning ho telegraphed to doctors Rernhiscl and 'fait, and Tait arrived at Wanship about dark; tho two physicians then oouiiultcd and conoludcd that the limb should bo amputated at once; thero was no disagreement between them; gave some stimulants and chhrolorin and immediately porlbruicd tho amputation; ampu-tation; gave the patient brnndy.qiiinino, opium and capsicum; Dr. Tait remained wiih (he plaintiff all night, as his oon-di'ionwaa oon-di'ionwaa very low; ho eamo near dying, but in the morning rallied and was much better. The witiidss pevo instructions in-structions to apply whisky ar.d laudanum to the thigh, give tlu patient brandy &t (diort intervals, and feed him light diet. Wiiuei beard from pitient i every day, and on tho vln &nd f.Uh ol August ho vieiiod Wans-hip agaiu, and . found tho plaintiff doum very well; about tho middle of August, tho doctor doc-tor heard that the bono had projected through the tlips, and on tho olst of August ho again viid Wanship, nnd found tho stump doing well Vriih :he oxoepuoo that the bono stuck through tho tl.'sh; ho then advised them to send the youoe tuau to dalt Lake city, which they did, ord on the iith oi' October ho took oil the bou; ijw the patient eveiy day for ten das ; atioi the stump hid healed, tho defendant iid nothing more- to do with the p'ain-titf, p'ain-titf, exempt to measure the stump i for an artificial limb, os:e months afterward, after-ward, defendant first heard ol" this suit in February last, when tlie summons sum-mons was scrU on him; he does not expect mortification wiurj he amputates ampu-tates ; had an extensive practice, tnd some serious oa-es in July and August of 16T ; thinks thou were omy two other practicing surgeons a Salt Lake i city at that time; there are many I kinds of Ktogrenc, and each has a distinct dis-tinct treatment ; gangrene is used the same as mort'ti -anon, it cannot always be distincuished, even by ex peris. The doctor cave his reasons tor not amputating at carious times, and his practice in tho us of medicine, medi-cine, stating that physicians and mr-geons mr-geons did not ail have the same remedies reme-dies for similar diseases, but that each otw was governed by the special ease, Ac Cross exaai'.ied. During his cross e unination the d;")enian, -re some interm.iiion respecting the bonct in tin !c.-: ar.d f-xi'lvrvd tK exict nature na-ture of the ini'irv; h' rci.;:a' fT cot a;::pu'sii'.m I. ("!. :c d.J. Tiie ox-a:i ox-a:i iiiat-on was ver. Vnthy ar t 1 wi'i ivc Itr.:-. :n :ii i C iuri a.i:oir:;-'l t i :;;:-': y, at l' o'clec a ui. |